“He is not horrid at all,” said Nan, very cross.


GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE
BY
L. T. MEADE
Author of
“Miss Nonentity,” “The Odds and the Evens,” “Light o’ the Morning,”
“The Girls of St. Wode’s,” etc.
WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
PERCY TARRANT
W. & R. CHAMBERS, Limited


LONDON AND EDINBURGH
1901
Edinburgh:
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited


CONTENTS.

[I. “I PROMISE”]
[II. “I WON’T EVER GO TO YOU”]
[III. THE FROCK WITH CRAPE]
[IV. THE BEST GIRL]
[V. THE MYSTERY-GIRL]
[VI. THE BULL-PUP]
[VII. THE FALL]
[VIII. PIP]
[IX. UNDER HER THUMB]
[X. A MYSTERY]
[XI. THE MIDDLE WAY]
[XII. “I SHALL STAY FOR A YEAR”]
[XIII. UNCLE PETER]
[XIV. “IT WAS NOT WORTH WHILE”]
[XV. SOLDIERS OF THE TRUE BLUE]
[XVI. TIGHTENING HER CHAIN]
[XVII. AUGUSTA’S RESOLVE]
[XVIII. AUGUSTA’S SIGNATURE]
[XIX. THE ASPRAYS]
[XX. THE ORDERLY-BOOK]
[XXI. THE PICNIC]
[XXII. THE BROKEN LOCK]
[XXIII. “PRIZE-DAY COMES IN A MONTH”]
[XXIV. THE GIPSY TEA]
[XXV. THE PACKET OF LETTERS]
[XXVI. SUNBEAM]
[XXVII. “WAS THAT THE REASON?”]
[XXVIII. “IS WRONG RIGHT?”]
[XXIX. DOWN BY THE WISTARIA]
[XXX. AUGUSTA IS FRIGHTENED]
[XXXI. UNCLE PETER’S CONSIDERING CAP]
[XXXII. THE BEGINNING OF THE SHADOW]
[XXXIII. THE CROSS]
[XXXIV. THE LETTER]
[XXXV. THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS HARD]